Lass that Loves a Sailor (I), The

DESCRIPTION: The singer overhears a young man, just come into an inheritance, propose to a maiden. She says she loves a sailor and hopes to be his wife. "No sooner had these words been spoken" than the weather changes, blows her sailor home, and they kiss.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1907 (Greig/Duncan5)
KEYWORDS: courting love rejection return reunion sailor
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan5 1034, "The Lass that Loves a Sailor" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #6738
File: GrD51034

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